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Diocese of Magangué

Maganguen(sis)

Latin-rite diocese seated at Magangue in the Bolivar department of Colombia, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cartagena. It was erected on 25 April 1969 from territory of the Archdiocese of Cartagena. Its seat is the Cathedral of Nuestra Senora de La Candelaria in Magangue.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
25 April 1969
Latin
Maganguen(sis)
Patron
N-D de la Candelaria
Annuario code
001002103

The see in figures

Catholics
677,000
Population
838,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
80.8%
Priests
58
Catholics per priest
11,672
Extent
20,165 km²
Catholics per km²
34

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Bishop
Ariel Lascarro Tapia
Born
3 November 1967
Birthplace
El Carmen de Bolívar

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Catedral Nuestra Senora de La Candelaria, Magangue stands in Magangué, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Cartagena

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cartagena.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Magangué, a city within the ecclesiastical province of Cartagena in Colombia, is the seat of this diocese, whose Latin name is Maganguensis.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.